Preferred Label : Nocardia brasiliensis;
NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.
This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, acid-fast, oxidase negative,
hydrolyzes casein, elastin, esculin, hypoxanthine, testosterone, and tyrosine, but
not xanthine, produces acid phosphatase, and reduces nitrate. N. brasiliensis is naturally
found in soil and is one of the main causative agents of nocardiosis.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Nocardia brasiliensis.;
Taxon ID : 37326;
Origin ID : C86613;
UMLS CUI : C0317896;
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